The Contemporary Art Society (CAS) has announced details of a development that will combine its new home with a publicly accessible space.
The CAS, a charity that helps to develop public collections of contemporary art in UK museums and galleries, has appointed architects Carmody Groarke to create its new home in London’s Clerkenwell.
The building is expected to be completed by October and will include spaces for hosting public events, seminars and displays of the works gifted by the charity to museums. The society is also developing an archive of the thousands of works gifted by the charity since it was set up in 1910.
CAS director Paul Hobson hopes the new building will provide a greater visibility for the charity’s work and a place where its networks and stakeholders can come together.
Carmody Groarke is currently working on projects such as the Windermere Steamboat Museum in the Lake District and new permanent galleries at the Royal Institute of British Architects headquarters in London. It also recently designed Studio East Dining, a temporary restaurant overlooking the London 2012 Olympic site.
The CAS, a charity that helps to develop public collections of contemporary art in UK museums and galleries, has appointed architects Carmody Groarke to create its new home in London’s Clerkenwell.
The building is expected to be completed by October and will include spaces for hosting public events, seminars and displays of the works gifted by the charity to museums. The society is also developing an archive of the thousands of works gifted by the charity since it was set up in 1910.
CAS director Paul Hobson hopes the new building will provide a greater visibility for the charity’s work and a place where its networks and stakeholders can come together.
Carmody Groarke is currently working on projects such as the Windermere Steamboat Museum in the Lake District and new permanent galleries at the Royal Institute of British Architects headquarters in London. It also recently designed Studio East Dining, a temporary restaurant overlooking the London 2012 Olympic site.
